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After a twenty-five episode series back in 2011 that was pretty well received and sixteen volumes and counting of the manga from Kazue Kato, are we getting ready for a new series to land next year? With the seventeenth volume set to land on July 4...

Fans of manga will fall in love with this concept. If you aren't familiar with Initial D, here is a bit of a rundown. Initial D started as a manga comic series in Japan and was later turned into an anime.

Hark! Here's word of another new anime title coming to you shortly from Crunchyroll! Qualidea Code, a new cross-media franchise featuring animation by A-1 Pictures created by the three-member unit Speakeasy, consisting of three famous light novel ...

After playing songs with bamboo instruments, band moves on to bamboo audio delivery that works with your smartphone. Japanese band Ajate is an interesting mix of avant-garde and traditional, performing unique, rhythmical music with instruments mad...

Imagine a future full of electric cars where everyone's a passenger. Where traffic is not only managed but controlled by a digital network. Where on-demand ride-sharing services have become the norm, and the only human drivers are emergency crews ...

Producers for A Silent Voice are planning to accommodate fans who, like the series' female lead, can't hear. Manga creator Yoshitoki Oima's A Silent Voice, titled Koe no Katachi (literally "The Shape of Voice") in Japanese, begins with a new stude...

I'm not a big fan of love stories, but love is one of the most useful frames for a character study. Through examining the way characters navigate their love life, we gain an understanding of who they are and what they value in life.

To have an anime figure factory in Japan itself is indeed very rare. As you might have already known, most anime figures are made in China. Newbies often misunderstood that 'Made in China' means fake. That is not correct.

By Jenni . June 29, 2016 . 9:00am A Final Fantasy game where you're attempting to make a profit is on the way. Final Fantasy VII Monopoly is coming. Rather than save the world by battling baddies and making noble sacrifices, like Cloud or Aerith, ...

Arashi are back with their dome tour again this year. The group's upcoming tour, titled "ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017," is scheduled to kick off in November. This time, the boys will be performing at 5 major dome venues, which include Sapporo Dome, ...

Share. A special one-night screening on September 15 before a wider release. By Alex Osborn Digimon Adventure Tri is headed to theaters across the United States, as Toei Animation and Eleven Arts are teaming up to screen the first chapter of the s...

When I interviewed Akemi, an 18-year-old transgender man, on Okinawa, Japan's southernmost island, the last place I expected the conversation to lead me was to a comic book store. "I was born and raised as a female.

Otogi Nekomu is a famous cosplayer and model in Japan who likes manga and anime and aspires to be a mangaka one day. In addition to her 'J-Cup', she was once voted as the prettiest girl in Akihabara. Turning 20 years old this year, Otogi announced...

So widely controversial has the spectacularly disastrous new Ghostbusters movie become that even the Japanese have taken an interest in it, with this new music video fortunately focusing on celebrating the franchise rather than lambasting it for t...

Tokyo (AFP) - Feminists, look away! Fashion police in Japan want to 'empower' women by persuading them to wear high heels, insisting the country's historic 'kimono culture' has led to many women having poor posture.

After announcing back in February that the Ozmafia! ! game that has had both PC and PS Vita releases would be getting a short-form anime series this summer, it's been fairy quiet. So quiet, in fact, that we're only just now getting the first promo...

Square Enix stealth-released Adventures of Mana, the remake of Final Fantasy Adventure, in Europe yesterday, and the game has also been released in North America today. About Adventures of Mana: Originally released as Final Fantasy Adventure for t...

Considering how popular the property is outside of Japan, it's still surprising - and a little frustrating - that Bandai and others don't take advantage of this more. Ahead of the July 2nd, 2016 debut of Love Live!

At first glance, the candy-colored world of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE looks more like a artful mess than a coherent game. But as we've found, the mix of sensibilities and elements from Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series with the weapons,...

Square Enix shared today a look at new artwork showing characters and environment for I am Setsuna, along with some information on pre-order bonuses for the PS4 and PC versions of the game. Environment artwork: Character artwork: Aeterna Nidr Kir ...

The heat is on this summer at Crunchyroll as The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi, based on the manga Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu by Atami Michinoku about a heterosexual high school boy with a burning passion for boy's love manga, is set to begin stream...

Summer is in the air, and it's a time of change. Or at least it is for some people. You know what's not changing? Anime, and the previewing thereof. We've got some big-name shows returning with sequels, including the cooking battle mega-hit Shokug...

Gal*Gun: Double Peace is releasing in North America and Europe next month and publisher PQube released a new video showcasing more of its rail shooter about finding love or being forever alone. About Gal*Gun: Double Peace: When Hodai, the portrait...

With Super Sailor Moon gone, the remaining Sailor Guardians must helplessly watch as Sailor Saturn brings an end to the world with her Silence Glaive. The Review Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers) When al...

Funimation has scheduled an August 9th, 2016 release for the complete Barakamon series where it'll have the full twelve episode run as a DVD/BD combo. With the dubbed trailer having arrived a few days ago, they've now revealed the main cast for th...

Since 2012, Viz Media has fought the omnipresence of poorly translated bootleg manga by offering weekly manga chapters published simultaneously with Japan in the digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. Now Viz has gone one step further in that cause ...

According to the newest Oricon report released today, the sixth volume of the TV anime Osomatsu-san/Mr. Osomatsu, the third TV anime adaptation of Fujio Akatsuka's classic gag manga in the 1960s, Osomatsu-kun, takes first place both in its anime D...

A new trailer for ClassicaLoid, an upcoming TV anime comedy with a musical twist, is now available online. The preview showcases the setting and characters for the series, as well as Beethoven's apparent obsession with innovative ways of cooking g...